r/svartpilen401

I'm looking to purchase a fuelX light if anyone has one for sale for the 2023. I am also running into an issue where it takes till the 3rd attempt for the bike to start. Anyone have this issue? Just picked up the bike 👍

Hi everyone. I’d like to share my situation and get your opinions to see if anyone has experienced something similar.

About 5 months ago, I bought a brand-new 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 from a dealership in NJ that is supposedly one of the largest in the state. They delivered the motorcycle to me as new, and I paid all the fees and costs associated with purchasing a new motorcycle.

The problem is that the motorcycle had an issue with the dashboard. After riding for a while, a warning light would appear. Before I took it in for its first service, the problem was intermittent; sometimes the light would come on and sometimes it wouldn’t. After the first service, the warning started appearing every time I rode for a while.

I never felt anything unusual while riding the motorcycle. I should mention that this is my first motorcycle, so I don’t have a lot of experience knowing when something might be wrong.

The situation concerned me, so I took the motorcycle back to the dealership where I bought it to have them check what was going on.

They now tell me that they still don’t know exactly why the warning light is coming on, but they found an issue related to the brake fluid and say I need to have the brake fluid replaced to see if that is causing the problem.

I have to pay for the brake fluid replacement out of pocket because, according to them, it is not covered under the warranty. They also told me that if the warning light continues to come on after the fluid is replaced, they will replace the part that is causing the problem. However, in order to get to that point, I am required to pay for the brake fluid replacement first.

This is where I have several questions, because the situation seems a little strange to me.

Apparently, the motorcycle had been sitting at the dealership for approximately two years before I purchased it, and I understand that brake fluid has a service life of about two years.

So my question is: Why should I have to pay for this replacement if the motorcycle was sold to me as brand new and, apparently, the brake fluid was already reaching the end of its service life while the motorcycle was still sitting at the dealership?

Don’t dealerships normally perform a complete inspection of a motorcycle before delivering it to a customer when it is sold as new?

I’d really appreciate hearing your opinions.

The fuel cap doesnt specify this (unlike like my car) it does however says e10 / ethanol safe though which I thought meant 91 was ok.

Anyway just a heads up, I only looked at subframe today as I was looking at tyre pressure and it says 95!!

Unsure how many times I’ve used 91!!

I bought this a few years back and just found out It's never been used and has been stored in a climate controlled environment. i had problems with the ifit reloading screen and the wifi, but was able to hotspot off my phone and was internet able to reset it (no pinhole) and it seems to work ok on the initial run of incline and deck. Im thinking I may have to possibly buy a lube kit maybe? But the pertinent question is there anything major thing should fix or do because of the problems that they settled over?

Sincere Thanks for your time.

I've been looking around for some kind of rack or ways to mount bags, but all the racks I can find seem to be for the later models. The ones I can find are mounted with two screws on either side under the rear seat some way, but I can't figure out how that would work on my bike. Didn't the 2018 model have a sissy bar?

I've found several side panniers that mount to the two holes underneath that could work, but I'd rather have my bag strapped on top, not hanging off one side. The tail tidy the previous owner installed also covers these holes, making it a bit difficult to fit anything else there.

I'm scratching my head here trying to fit anything more than a small bag to the tank rack.

Any insights from other 2018 owners? :)

i was working on my husqy and had to change the spark plug. but for whatever reason it was screwed in into the brake lever. And somehow that made sense bc "it was next to the accelerator".

anyway, does anybody else dream about their bikes at night?